Jedi: Fallen Order Director Says It "Made A Lot More Sense" To Have Male Protagonist

[RevengeTaken]

in the upcoming Star Wars game Jedi: Fallen Order, players take on the role of Cal Kestis, a Force-wielding former Padawan who survived the newly christened Emperor Palpatine's Order 66, which lead to the slaughter of the Jedi Order, setting up the galaxy's grim condition at the beginning of the original Star Wars. Kestis is a new character created specifically for Fallen Order, and, like so many video game protagonists, a white guy. In a recent interview, the game's director Stig Asmussen gave some insight into just how a white guy protagonist so easily becomes the default position for developers.

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"We talked about doing an alien creature. We talked about different gender," Asmussen said in an interview with Game Informer. "We arrived at where we were because at the time, Rey was kind of the thing for Star Wars and it made a lot more sense for us to have a male protagonist. Ultimately, we didn't go with an alien race, because, no pun intended, we thought that would alienate a lot of people."

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[Sephzilla]

It blows my mind that there are people who can't handle a good story if the main character isn't a human.

 

[NSA]

I guess it makes sense that they didn't want it to be a similar journey to Rey. A cool alien would have been neat.

 

[Horns]

There is a topic on this already.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/sw...o-people-arent-alienated.127742/post-22557111

 

[BossAttack]

We have this thread already.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

what about a latino

or an asian

or any other underrepresented race

Nah, 'nother white dude please.

 

[LuisGarcia]

This thread has already happened. Lock it up

 

[JayC3]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/sw...lien-protag-so-people-arent-alienated.127742/